CVE-2021-44854

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. The REST API publicly caches results from private wikis.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T292763	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T292763	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.37.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.37.0:rc0::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.37.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.37.0:rc2::::::

History

14 Apr 2025, 16:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-524

Information

Published : 2022-12-26 05:15

Updated : 2025-04-14 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2021-44854

Mitre link : CVE-2021-44854

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-44854

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mediawiki

mediawiki

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other CWE-524

Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information

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